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Scientists have formally announced their reconstruction of the Ein Gedi Scroll, the most ancient Hebrew scroll since the Dead Sea Scrolls

By Jim on Wed, 09/21/16
Archaeology
Manuscripts
Church and Biblical History

Computers Decipher Burnt Scroll Found in Ancient Holy Ark

“Radiocarbon dating of the scroll suggests that it may be between 1,700 and 1,800 years old, at least 200 years older than previously thought. … the scroll’s distinctive handwriting hearkens back to the first or second century A.D.”

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Bert Perry

NewSo.Cool.

Wed, 09/21/16

But, of course, it’s not the KJV. :^)

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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